Ramsay aims to land Michelin at Terminal 5

Last updated at 09:36 12 December 2007

Gordon Ramsay is aiming to create the world's first Michelin-starred airport restaurant with his new Heathrow venture.

The celebrity chef has spent £2 million on the latest branch of his culinary empire inside Terminal Five, which opens to the public next year, and is hoping it will become a must-visit destination for first and business class travellers.

The 180-seater restaurant's menu is to be modelled on his award-winning Boxwood Cafe; at the Berkeley Hotel, which offers "fine dining with a New York twist".

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Airport operator BAA has given Ramsay preferential terms with a 10-year lease instead of the usual five years because it is hoping the restaurant will become a major attraction, alongside Prada and Tiffany, in the £4.3billion terminal.

Named Plane Food, the establishment will become Ramsay's ninth restaurant in the capital. He also has recently opened two gastropubs - The Narrow in Limehouse and The Devonshire in Chiswick.

The latest venue will target high-spending CIPs - "commercially important passengers" - that BAA is desperate to attract.

Initial problems including the lack of gas supplies in the new building have now been ironed out. However the strict three-month security vetting procedure for kitchen staff from head chefs to dishwasher could yet prove to be cumbersome.

Nick Ziebland, BAA retail strategy director, said: "I think we need to bring back some of the glamour of travel and make it almost a destination in its own right.

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"We're not going to have a Primark...not everyday socks and underwear."